ElOscuro reviewed Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
If you could read only one Vonnegut ...
5 stars
Probably funnier and finally more heartbreaking than any other I can think of. Remember when you weren't a serious person without his books? On a true banana republic island, the revolutionary ruler and a holy hermit keep the balance in a world gone mad. Everyone is thinking about other things, but randomness has finally led to an invention with no application aside from destroying everything.